research overview
- I study Greek history. My areas of specialization are foreign policy thinking, warfare, and slavery in the classical period. I also study Roman slavery.
- Contact Info
Hunt, Peter Professor
Positions
Research Areas
Research
keywords
- ancient slavery, comparative slave societies, Athenian law, historiography, Thucydides, Demosthenes, ancient international relations, ancient Thrace
Publications
selected publications
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book
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chapter
- Diplomacy. 115-128. 2018
- Thucydides on the first ten years of war 2017
- Slaves or serfs?: Patterson on the Thetes and Helots of ancient Greece. 55-80. 2016
- Violence against slaves in classical Greece. 136-161. 2016
- Slavery 2015
- Trojan Slaves in Classical Athens: Ethnic Identity among Slaves at Athens. 128-154. 2015
- Arginusea, Battle of; Weaponry, Greek; Hecataeus of Miletus; Xanthos, Lydiaka 2012
- Legalism and Peace in Classical Greece 2012
- Warfare 2012
- Slavery in Greek Literary Culture 2011
- Athenian Militarism and the Recourse to War 2010
- Slavery: Slavery in Greece; Slavery: Slavery in Rome; Spartacus 2010
- War and Society 2009
- Arming Slaves and Helots in Classical Greece 2008
- MILITARY FORCES. 108-146. 2007
- Lindsay Davis: Falco, Cynical Detective in a Corrupt Roman Empire 2000
- Articles on the following: Concubinage, Familia Caesaris, Freedmen, Roman Manumission, Roman, Miners, Peculium, Spartacus 1998
- Concubinage; Familia Caesaris; Freedmen, Roman; Manumission, Roman; Miners; Peculium; Spartacus 1998
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journal article
- Benefaction and Rewards in the Ancient Greek City: The Origins of Euergetism.. Classical World. 152-154. 2017
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Historical Agency and the 'Great Man' in Classical Greece.
Mnemosyne.
700-703.
2016
- La démocratie contre les experts. Les esclaves publics en Grèce ancienne, by Paulin Isamard. Sehepunkte : Rezensionsjournal für Geschichtswissenschaften. 2016
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Demosthenes of Athens and the fall of classical Greece.
Polis.
175-178.
2014
- The Battle of Marathon. Journal of Military History. 220-221. 2012
- The Slave in Greece and Rome, by Jean Andreau and Raymond Descat.. Bryn Mawr Classical Review. 2012
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Philip II of Macedonia.
Historian.
716-717.
2010
- The Invention of Ancient Slavery?. Hermathena. 141-144. 2009
- The Ancient Greeks at War, by Louis Rawlings. Reviews in History. 2008
- War and Peace in the Ancient World, edited by Kurt A. Raaflaub.. Bryn Mawr Classical Review. 2008
- The Shotgun Method: The Demography of the Ancient Greek City-State Culture, by Mogens Herman Hansen.. Bryn Mawr Classical Review. 2007
- Exile, Ostracism, and Democracy: The Politics of Expulsion in Ancient Greece, by Sara Forsdyke.. Bryn Mawr Classical Review. 2006
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War in the Hellenistic world. A social and cultural history..
Journal of Hellenic Studies.
178-179.
2006
- The Law and the Courts in Ancient Greece, edited by Edward Harris and Lene Rubinstein.. Bryn Mawr Classical Review. 2005
- Army and Power in the Ancient World, edited by Angelos Chaniotis and Pierre Ducrey.. Bryn Mawr Classical Review. 2004
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Cavalry operations in the ancient Greek world.
Classical Review.
403-405.
2003
- Great captains of antiquity. Historian. 216-217. 2002
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The slaves and the generals of Arginusae (Athenian response to the naval victory in 406 B.C., during the Peloponnesian War).
American Journal of Philology.
359-380.
2001
- Information gathering in Classical Greece. Classical Journal. 335-337. 2001
- Thucydides and the ancient simplicity: The limits of political realism. Classical Journal. 84-87. 1999
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Helots at the Battle of Plataea.
Historia.
129-144.
1997
Teaching
courses taught
- CLAS 4071 Seminar in Ancient Social History (Spring 2019)
- CLAS 4840 Independent Study (Spring 2019)
- CLAS 4852 Honors Thesis (Spring 2019)
- CLAS 5071 Seminar in Ancient Social History (Spring 2019)
- CLAS 5840 Graduate Independent Study (Spring 2019)
- CLAS 6952 Master's Thesis (Spring 2019)
- CLAS 7840 Graduate Independent Study (Spring 2019)
- CLAS 8992 Doctoral Dissertation (Spring 2019)
- GREK 4013 Topics in Greek Prose (Spring 2019)
- GREK 4843 Independent Study (Spring 2019)
- GREK 5013 Topics in Greek Prose (Spring 2019)
- HIST 4071 Seminar in Ancient Social History (Spring 2019)
- CLAS 1051 The World of the Ancient Greeks (Fall 2018)
- CLAS 4021 Athens and Greek Democracy (Fall 2018)
- CLAS 4840 Independent Study (Fall 2018)
- CLAS 4852 Honors Thesis (Fall 2018)
- CLAS 5021 Athens and Greek Democracy (Fall 2018)
- CLAS 5840 Graduate Independent Study (Fall 2018)
- CLAS 6952 Master's Thesis (Fall 2018)
- CLAS 7840 Graduate Independent Study (Fall 2018)
- CLAS 8992 Doctoral Dissertation (Fall 2018)
- HIST 1051 The World of the Ancient Greeks (Fall 2018)
- HIST 4021 Athens and Greek Democracy (Fall 2018)
- CLAS 1051 The World of the Ancient Greeks (Spring 2018)
- CLAS 4840 Independent Study (Spring 2018)
- CLAS 4852 Honors Thesis (Spring 2018)
- CLAS 5840 Graduate Independent Study (Spring 2018)
- CLAS 6952 Master's Thesis (Spring 2018)
- CLAS 7840 Graduate Independent Study (Spring 2018)
- CLAS 8992 Doctoral Dissertation (Spring 2018)
- GREK 4843 Independent Study (Spring 2018)
- HIST 1051 The World of the Ancient Greeks (Spring 2018)
Background
education and training
- Ph.D., Stanford University 1994
- M.A., University of Colorado Boulder 1988
- B.A., Swarthmore College 1984
awards and honors
International Activities
global connections related to teaching and scholarly work (in recent years)
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